COMING TO POVERTY BAY
LANDS MINISTER DUE SAT.
(Fir PreM Aaodation.J : WELLINGTON, last night, i The Hon. A. D. McLeod, Minister of Lands,. leaves Wellington on Thursday iheihihg for Wanganui, where he will attend a meeting of farmers who propose to discuss Hie difficulties under which farming is at present being carried on.
. The Hon. 0. J. Hawken, Minister of Agriculture, who leaves Wellington tomorrow, also will be present at the meeting on Friday. .., Mr. McLeod will proceed' to Gisborne .where, in company with the Under-Sec- ' -fetary-'-for Lands, he will : make ah : in-, ipection of the Te Wera block, Which **Sras purchased by the Government some time ago for closer settlement purposes.
TE WERA PURCHASE
INSPECTION BY MINISTER
The Mayor, Mr. G. Wildish, and Mr. W. 1). Lysnar, M.P., both received advice yesterday that the Hon. A. D. McLeod, Minister of Lands, will be arriv : ing in Gisborne on Saturday afternoon. He will be accompanied by the UnderSecretary of Lands, and will make an o&clftl inspection of Te Wera station, which was purchased by"the Crown for Closer settlement/some time.ago. | The Minister has intimated his willingness to attend to any' bn«iness on Saturday evening. It is anticipated that his stay in the district will be a Sfaoft one, > his principal desire being to gain a first-hand knowledge of Te Wera prior to' its being cut up for settlement. .It will be remembered that the purchase aroused a storm of criticism in Parliament, but the Minister justified it on the,grounds that the land was suit: able for dairying, and would cut up into lo or more sections. Te Wera station, comprising 10,000 acres, is situated some idistance in from Matawai, and was purchased for between £6 and £7 an acre.
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Poverty Bay Herald, Volume LII, Issue 16211, 8 December 1926, Page 7
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